breeches

  • 11breeches — /brich iz/, n. (used with a pl. v.) 1. Also called knee breeches. knee length trousers, often having ornamental buckles or elaborate decoration at or near the bottoms, commonly worn by men and boys in the 17th, 18th, and early 19th centuries. 2.… …

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  • 12breeches — n. riding breeches * * * [ briːtʃɪz] riding breeches …

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  • 13breeches — [[t]brɪ̱tʃɪz[/t]] N PLURAL: also a pair of N Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees. [OLD FASHIONED] He wore a tweed jacket and riding breeches …

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  • 14breeches — n 1. knickers, knickerbockers, shorts, smallclothes, plus fours, knee breeches; jodhpurs, riding breeches; pedal pushers, clam diggers, knee knockers; culottes, gauchos. 2.Informal. trousers, slacks, pants, jeans, corduroys; pantaloons, drawers …

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  • 15breeches — breech•es [[t]ˈbrɪtʃ ɪz[/t]] n. (used with a pl. v.) 1) clo knee length trousers, often with buckles or decoration at the bottoms, worn by men in the 17th to early 19th centuries 2) clo riding breeches 3) clo inf Informal. trousers • too big for… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 16breeches — See: TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES …

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  • 17breeches — See: TOO BIG FOR ONE S BREECHES …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 18breeches — noun Breeches is used after these nouns: ↑riding …

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  • 19breeches — breech|es [ˈbrıtʃız] n [plural] short trousers that fasten just below the knees ▪ riding breeches …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20Breeches — Bree|ches [ britʃəs] die (Plur.) u. Bree|ches|ho|se die; , n <aus engl. breeches »Kniebundhose«> kurze, oben weite, an den Knien anliegende Sport u. Reithose …

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